Korg 900PS Vintage Synth 1975

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Access Virus TI Polar Virtual Analog Synthesizer

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Yamaha CS80 and Gary Leuenberger's Patch Guide and Demo CD

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Anyone know more about Gary Leuenberger's Patch Guide and Demo CD mentioned in the auction description further below? He is mentioned in this prior post on Computer Chronicles from 1986 on MIDI Music.

"Included with CS80 and E1010 are:
* (1) Original Yamaha Metal Instrument Base / Stand. One of the feet / leveler's is missing.
* (1) Original Tolex Covered Wooden Synth Cover w/(4)Casters
* (1) Original Yamaha Bag / Soft Case to hold metal stand & accessories
* (1) Original Yamaha Sustain Pedal
* (1) Original Yamaha Volume / Control pedal
* (1) Original Yamaha CS-80 Owners Manual
* (1) Yamaha CS-80 Service Manual on CD in PDF Format
* (1) Gary Leuenberger's, Patch Guide - This guide is a compilation of detailed patch sheets which shows positions for all of the parameters.
* (1) Gary Leuenberger Patches Demo CD - This has been transferred from a cassette tape. It is an audio tape that discusses, in detail, the best way to utilize Gary's Patch Guide per patch. It's noisy, has noticeable channel crosstalk and overloads at points. However, The CD provides very detailed examples of his famous patches, how to create them and, more importantly, how to play them. If you follow Gary's instruction, you will get a unique look at some ways, in which, Gary uses initial and aftertouch and how he puts the CS80's envelopes and ring modulator to good use.
* (1) Original Yamaha Factory Music Rest - One of the flush mounted flat head screws is missing. This will need to be replaced or other another fix created for the music rest to work properly.

Features:
Specifications
Polyphony - 8 times two patches
Oscillators - saw, square, sine wave, noise, PW and PWM, LFO
LFO - 5 waveform function LFO can modulate either or all of VCO, VCF and VCA
Filter - HP, res, LP, res, filter ADR envelope
VCA - Mix in for the VCF out and the sine, ADSR
Keyboard - 61 weighted keys w/ velocity and polyphonic aftertouch
Memory - 4 Patches
Control - external modulation input
Date Produced - 1976-79
Total # of units made - 2000

External Input for special sub oscillator effects - It allows for modulation of the filter, oscillator or amplifier by line-level sources, such as external oscillators, rhythm boxes, or other "cyclic" electronic instruments. The input is high impedance,so it will not overload the external device. Sensitivity is adjustable with the External Level Control, but even at maximum sensitivity the input will not provide a discernable effect with mic-level or guitar pickup level signals." via adrien

One Million Users Sound Off with Smule's Ocarina

Fun bit of trivia:
"Today, at the Apple WWDC, Dr. Ge Wang will present “The Story of Smule, So Far” during a lunchtime session. During his talk, Dr. Wang, the cofounder and CTO of Smule, will announce that the Ocarina, the first app to transform the iPhone into an expressive musical wind instrument, has now more reached than 1 million users.

In fact, the millionth user downloaded Ocarina to an iPhone 3G, and connected to the Smule network from Japan. The user, who has nicknamed his / her Ocarina “Yuka”, (map) has listened to 58 snippets of performances from fellow Ocarina users around the world.

You can hear it here at: http://174.129.201.233/app/ocarina/render/C91/1BD1/yuka_2009-05-31_21-23-23_EA425.m4a


Ocarina, one of Apple’s all-time top 20 iPhone apps, has brought millions of people together across the globe. To date, more than 40 million performances have been observed and appreciated. A passionate Ocarina community has also formed and, using an online composition tool at smule.com, users have uploaded over 1,500 compositions for fellow Ocarina enthusiasts to learn and perform.

If you’d like to see the Ocarina in action, there are many clever, creative videos created by users and posted to YouTube, including http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhhtFAT2HqM"

You can find Ocarina on iTunes here:

Sammy and the Tenori-On part I

YouTube via zinoff
"Sammy age 4 chilling out on the Tenori-On"

Continuum Fingerboard short melancholic improvisation

YouTube via zinoff
"I got myself a Haken Continuum Fingerboard about a month ago, I am definitely still learning. I haven't seen many continuum videos on you tube so I decided to put up my own.
I am using the internal sounds, which are a nice addition if you want to just pack and go, otherwise you can connect it to the "world" through MIDI.
For those that don't know the Continuum is a neoprene surface were you slide and push in your fingers and sounds come out."

Sounds of the Clavia Nord Electro 2

YouTube via realsakul. Nothing like playing drunk. Gets funny at 1:53.
"Well, it's late, I'm wasted!
Nevertheless: Here are some sounds of the Nord Electro 2!!!
Good night!

(actually it's funny, that it's daylight, wenn you guys over sea read this here, while it's the middle of the night here in Germany ^^ )"

Unearhed Circuits Sequencer/Synth case build and prelim layout

flickr by Unearthed Circuits

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Prototype Hymnotron

YouTube via leondewan. "Suitable for hymns." via the big city music blog.



Dewanatron at MNN Studios

"This snippet of Brian Dewan and Leon Dewan playing the Dual Primate Console was taped at Manhattan Neighborhood Network studios in April 2005 and features moving backgrounds drawn by Brian Dewan."

Analogue Haven Sale!

http://www.analoguehaven.com/

"we are having a sale! all new gear purchased from our website from june 10th until midnight on sunday, june 14th will be discounted by 10%. use a credit card and we'll adjust the total when we invoice you. if you use paypal we'll refund the difference. no retroactive orders, no extensions, no exceptions. sale limited to gear that is in-stock. used gear and ebay orders are excluded from the sale. email us with any questions! thank you..."